NOW TO A STORY YOU FIRST SAW AS BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. A CORRALES POLICE OFFICER HAD TO UNDERGO SURGERY AFTER A CRASH THAT HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS CHASING A SUSPECT AROUND 5:00 A-M. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ANGELA BRAUER HAS THE DETAILS. NATS? CORRALES: HOME TO LESS THAN 8500 PEOPLE ... IT'S USUALLY QUIET AND QUAINT. BUT THIS MORNING THE SMALL SANDOVAL COUNTY VILLAGE WAS FULL OF CAUTION TAPE ... AND UNFORTUNATELY, SEVERAL CRASHED CARS ... AND A SERIOUSLY HURT POLICE OFFICER. "3:14 completely wreckless" IT HAPPENED EARLY TUESDAY SHUTTING DOWN CORRALES ROAD THROUGHOUT THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. "24 Officer Jeremy Romero observed an older model white honda accord ///STITCH/// 29 with one headlight not operating" ROMERO WHO HAS BEEN WITH CORRALES P-D FOR LESS THAN TWO MONTHS - SWITCHED HIS EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON AND TRIED TO PULL A VEHICLE OVER. INSTEAD...THE CAR ...TOOK OFF... "3:15 unreasonable speeds" GOING MORE THAN 100 MILES AN HOUR AT TIMES ON THIS TINY, WINDING ROAD. "47 officer romero gave chase, dispatch lost contact with him" THAT'S BECAUSE AT SOME POINT... BOTH THE SUSPECT AND THE OFFICER'S VEHICLES LOST CONTROL... EACH RAN OFF THE ROAD. ROMERO'S PATROL CAR HIT A GUIDE WIRE AND FLIPPED. "2:01 the suspect evidently fled on foot" THE BERNALILLO COUNTY'S SHERIFF'S OFFICE GOT INVOLVED TOO, TRYING TO FIND THAT SUSPECT... BUT COULDN'T. ROMERO WAS TAKEN TO UNM HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION. CORRALES POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT... WAS DRIVING A STOLEN VEHICLE. AT THIS TIME... THEY HAVE NOT SAID WHAT THEY FOUND INSIDE THAT VEHICLE ONCE THEY EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT. ANGELA BRAUER KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. THE CORRALES POLICE CHIEF SAYS OFFICER ROMERO SUFFERED SEVERAL BROKEN BONES, WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY, BUT ROMERO IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. THE MAN WHO HE WAS CHASING HASN'T BEEN FOUND.